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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit<br />
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| birth_date = 7 September 1902<br />
| birth_place = [[Amravati]]<br />
| death_date = {{death year and age|1977|1902}}<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = M.B.B.S. (1925), F.R.C.P. (1933), Ph.D.<br />
| known_for = [[AIIMS, New Delhi]]<br />
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'''Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit''' (7 September 1902 - 1977) was an [[Indian People|Indian]] [[physician]] and [[pharmacologist]]. He was the first director of [[AIIMS, New Delhi]].<ref><br />
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| last = Bijlani<br />
| first = R.L.<br />
| title = Professor Bhalchandra Babaji Dikshit (1902-1977)<br />
| publisher = [[AIIMS, New Delhi]]<br />
| url = http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/aboutaiims/aboutaiims-first-dir.htm<br />
| access-date = 12 September 2014<br />
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</ref> He obtained an M.B.B.S. in 1925 from Bombay University and a D.P.H. from Calcutta University in 1925. He gained both an M.R.C.P.E. in 1933 and a Ph.D in 1934 from the University of Edinburgh.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dikshit|first=B. B.|date=1934|title=Action of drugs on the central nervous system with special reference to acetyl choline|url=https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/32997|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], third highest civilian honour of India by the President of India, in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |page=30 |access-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
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